Automobile-tire chain and holber



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AUTOMOBILE TIRE CIIIIIII AIII HOIOEI'I APPLICATION FILED JULY/321918- IIJOOIOEIIEOIII July IBS ILQIZIII,

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AUTOMOBILE TIRE CHAIN AND HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3, I9I8.

Patented July 13, 1920.,

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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F01' iilie end of the/Chain applied in 'die tire, sheii't lili` e le n meli lmiger links 7, me llie outer enfle Qli- 'llie/e long iiiveizefl by short linke 8, 8, i0

eli is lilsl 6, pivolefl ioyenl, incl is 7, 7, are @ring lmncl k Aband :it its open' emi is semewlizii less than me diametei `of the pneumatic tire. le which lie Chain is le 'be applied', So linft, :is will lai ereiiiellei" explainedv when lliis lazmcl 9 Sliecl i" vel ,ille til' 1M it will grip the gire l he helm in place. lii'e'tefl te llie Slioifb li 8, 8, iif'itl'l the lmffirl 97 are hoek plates l0, lli.

The opposite emi oillvlie Qlmiii is provide@ -l single st ziigliig links 12? lil iiie'feiiiiuly :linut ille length the intel* linie liell'ltile links 'when 'leieclefl, 21ml el, 'lle oiiiliei? will el 'lneee long y retenes To apply the chain by hand, the band 9 willk be pushed over the` tire, and then the wheel turned gradually feeding the chain on the tire until the linal side links12, 12, are reached, and these side links can be caught by the hooks 10, and the chain will be secured to the'tire, the roller washers 13 at the ends oi the side links 12 preventing the links trom falling through the hooks 10,'10.

The construction of chain with the folding side links is particularly adapted, however, to permit the chain to be folded up into small compass and held in a container` from which it may be very rapidly drawn andv can be automatically applied.

To accomplish this ly provide a suitable box or casing 141;, open at one end, and in this box so as to'be adapted to slide in and out like a drawer in a desk is a smaller box 15 of slightly smaller dimensions so as to be adapted to slide easily into and out of thel guides successively into these tubes with the end chain links also projecting downwardly through the slot 17. Then the chain has thus been folded up and pushed into the inner sliding contaii'ier 15, the band link 9 will be held in horizontal position, as illustrated in Fig. et, by a hook plate 18.

I provide the drawer or inner box 15 with spring means for forcing it forward, s o as to clamp the band 9 around the casing of the tire, and also to withdraw the box after the chain has been deposited. For replacing the chain in the inner box and arrangingthe parts for a new operation l mount the entire container on a pivot 2l underneath ythe running board of the car, so that it can be swung outwardly, thereby permitting the operator to pack in the chain and links. Further mention will be made of this after .de-

scribing `the automatic operations.

As shown 1n Fig. hthere 1s provided a il tubular housing and spring'19, which 4bears against a plate 26 pivoted to the back of guide rollers The inner conta I"fer is also connected by a cord or cords 25 with an spring roller 241, which acts to draw the said container back in the box. The innerlend of the said container has also a suitable engaging lip or lug for a hook 20, which holds it in retracted position, subject to release by pressing down on a lever or link 20L connected to the hook back of its pivot, and running upwardly to some convenient point of operation.

'To release the inner container for an op eration after the chain has been packed in, the lever 20L is depressed, so as to permit the spring 19 to force the same forwardly, thereby bringing` the band 9 up against the casing of thel tire, to which the device has been adjusted. tainer has a semicircular recess to permit ot it moving to a position of partial contact with the surface of the casing.

The revolution of `the wheel will then withdraw the chain by pulling the links on their rollers in the member 16 of the inner container toward the casing, coming at last to the long links at the end of the chain, as it lies in the box. Due to the position of the inner container or drawer against the casing and the length of the chain, the long links will be delivered, as pulled from the box, along the sides of the casing inthe proper position to be pulled down behind the hooks 10.

It will be necessary for the operator in the structure shown to press the long links behind the hooks 10. He may do this in any convenient position of the chain, however, since when the wheel'is moving forward, 'the unengaged ends of the chain device will remain in place on the tire until they have entirely passed their uppermost position on the wheel. The clamp 9 holds the chain in place at one end, and gravity holds the free end of the chain in place, and will result in its arranging itseli"A in place should it fall to the ground when the parts are 'in the position shown in Fig. 2.

The result of this operation is that the chain will be firmly but loosely engaged around the tire, and will remain so during the operation of the wheel. To retract the inner container, however, it is necessary to litt up the small plate 26, thereby permitting the spring 19 to thrust itself through the hole in the back of the said container, so that the spring roller can'withdraw itto latehing position'. The operator vcan determine it the latch has caught by manipulating the lever 20a. l i Torepack the chain, it must be withdrawn' from the tire, by disengagingthe hooks away in the inner container. The operations The end of the inner conl will be to swing out the whole device, and

.pull the inner drawer forward. rlihe inner iso' '125. from the long links, and then packing it and the said inner' container forced back into the main container, until the latch can come into play, When the Ywarts are ready for another operation.

Having thus described my invention, 'what I claim as new land 'deslre to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

l. In an automobile tire chain and holder,

a tire chain comprising cross links with longitudinal side links to which the cross links are secured, said side links made up in sections hinged to each other to fold longitudinally to gather the cross `links into close proximity to each other, and a container to hold the chain When folded comprising a iixed section and a movable section, with slotted guideways in the movable section to receive and 'hold .the -ehain when folded, with means for projecting the movable section from the fixed section to cause the Chain to automatically grasp the tire to be drawn from the oontaineix v 2. ln an automobile tire chain and holder, a tire chain comprising cross links with longitudinal side links to' which the cross links are secured, saidside links made up .in

' sections hinged to each other to fold longi- 'tudinally to gather'the lcross links into close proximity to each other, one end of each chain provided'witli a spring band to grasp the tire, ad'aseontainer to hold the chain when folded comprising. a fixed section and a movable section with slotted guide'ways in the movable section to receive and vhold the chain when folded, with means fonprojeoting the movable sectionfrom the fixed seetion to cause theband to automatically grasp the tire to bedraivn from the containei. n JOSEPH SCHNElDER. 

